Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden

The Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden in the Quadrangle district honours Springfield's most beloved son — Theodor Seuss Geisel, who grew up here and went on to create some of the most influential children's books ever written. The garden contains five bronze sculptures by Lark Grey Dimond-Cappa depicting the most famous Seuss characters: the Cat in the Hat, Horton, the Lorax, the Grinch, and the author himself, shown reading to the Cat.

The sculptures are at life size or slightly larger, and the garden is freely accessible at all times — it is more affecting than you might expect, especially with children in tow. The nearby Dr. Seuss Museum inside the Springfield Museums complex has exhibits covering Geisel's life, his early advertising career, and the creation of the books.

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Theodor Seuss Geisel — Dr. Seuss — was born at 74 Fairfield Street in Springfield in 1904 and grew up in the city. He claimed that the exaggerated animals at the Forest Park Zoo, which he visited as a child, directly inspired the outlandish creatures that populate his books. The zoo still operates in Forest Park, and the connection to his childhood imagination is unexpectedly believable when you see the animals there.

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